I finally got my onyx2 up and running this weekend with a fresh 6.5.30 install. I thought I would post because it was kind of a pain figuring out the net install. I was lucky that I had a bootable disk from the previous owner. I could not figure out how to pull the "MAC" address for the ethers file. From what I understand, the system has a "NIC" and isn't like a normal system. I finally used lmhostid and added the first portion of the sgi Ethernet addresses of 0800. Everything worked using that. I was lucky to have a wyse terminal so I could get in because the console was set to d in the prom env. I wasn't getting the graphics start menu during boot to enter the graphics prom. I set it to console g1.

I was kind of shocked that the display settings didn't have a 1280x1024@76hz. I am running reality graphics with a dg-2. I wanted to ask if it supports that before trying to make my own settings file.

One more question. How would you find the hardware network address if you only had asscess to the prom console?

I'm still getting everything setup so I'd like to post some photos soon.